How bad will it be? What remains for the hurricane season this year? We already have three named storms, an unusually high number since it’s not even the end of June yet. And a new consensus from six major weather centers, from NOAA to AccuWeather, suggest the hurricane season will either be normal or just above normal for the remainder of the year.
For named storms affecting the east coast of the U.S., the predictions range from a low of 10 to a high of 17. For hurricanes, the range is from six to 10; for major hurricanes, the range is from one to four. Weather patterns over the North Atlantic suggest a higher risk of storms moving north from the western North Atlantic to threaten the east coast of the U.S. And if El Niño activity is normal in the Pacific, then there will be a somewhat more active storm season along the Atlantic Coast.
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